openlibrary-cli

CLI for the Open Library API. Made with api2cli.dev.

Install

npx api2cli install pyrytakala/openlibrary-cli

Usage

No API key needed — the Open Library API is public.

openlibrary-cli --help

Resources

search

Command	Description
openlibrary-cli search books "query"	Search for books/works
openlibrary-cli search books "query" --author "name"	Search by author
openlibrary-cli search authors "query"	Search for authors
openlibrary-cli search lists "query"	Search user lists

works

Command	Description
openlibrary-cli works get <olid>	Get a work by OLID
openlibrary-cli works editions <olid>	List editions of a work
openlibrary-cli works ratings <olid>	Get ratings for a work
openlibrary-cli works bookshelves <olid>	Get reading log counts

books

Command	Description
openlibrary-cli books get <olid>	Get an edition by OLID
openlibrary-cli books isbn <isbn>	Look up a book by ISBN

authors

Command	Description
openlibrary-cli authors get <olid>	Get author details
openlibrary-cli authors works <olid>	List works by an author

subjects

Command	Description
openlibrary-cli subjects get <subject>	Get works for a subject
openlibrary-cli subjects get <subject> --ebooks	Filter to e-books only

recent

Command	Description
openlibrary-cli recent list	List recent changes
openlibrary-cli recent list --kind add-book	Filter by change kind

Global Flags

All commands support: --json, --format <text|json|csv|yaml>, --verbose, --no-color, --no-header